Gulf of Maine - Water Salinity, Temperature and Sigma t (density) data from 1981 to 2005

This table contains water salinity, temperature and sigma t (density) data from 1981 to 2005 binned at 10 meter depth intervals (from 300 meters up to 0 meters) for the Gulf of Maine. It was acquired from the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Hydrographic database, which covers an area defined by 35 deg - 80 deg N and 42 deg - 100 deg W, and contains over 500,000 temperature-salinity profiles for the Northwest Atlantic from 1910 to the present. The data comes from a variety of sources including hydrographic bottles, CTD casts (either up or down casts), spatially and temporally averaged Batfish tows, and expendable, digital or mechanical bathythermographs. Near real-time data in the form of IGOSS Bathy or Tesac messages are also included. Updates are made monthly.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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identifier Gulf of Maine - Water Salinity, Temperature and Sigma t (density) data from 1981 to 2005
language {en-US}
modified 2005-01-01
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publisher Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Point of Contact)
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temporal 1981-01-01T00:00:00/2005-01-01T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • 1981-2005
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • environmental-monitoring
  • geo
  • geoss
  • gulf-of-maine
  • national
  • north-america
  • stellwagen-bank-national-marine-sanctuary
  • tides-currents
  • united-states
  • water-column-profile
  • water-density
  • water-salinity
  • water-temperature
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maintainer Doug Gregory
maintainer_email gregoryd@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
metadata_created 2025-11-22T07:54:52.713661
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T07:54:52.713665
notes This table contains water salinity, temperature and sigma t (density) data from 1981 to 2005 binned at 10 meter depth intervals (from 300 meters up to 0 meters) for the Gulf of Maine. It was acquired from the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Hydrographic database, which covers an area defined by 35 deg - 80 deg N and 42 deg - 100 deg W, and contains over 500,000 temperature-salinity profiles for the Northwest Atlantic from 1910 to the present. The data comes from a variety of sources including hydrographic bottles, CTD casts (either up or down casts), spatially and temporally averaged Batfish tows, and expendable, digital or mechanical bathythermographs. Near real-time data in the form of IGOSS Bathy or Tesac messages are also included. Updates are made monthly.
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title Gulf of Maine - Water Salinity, Temperature and Sigma t (density) data from 1981 to 2005